February 03, 2010

Icky Boyfriends: Making Me Proud to Be American

From Seeamanaboutahorse's You Tube page, the late 80's/early 90's San Francisco ambassadors of primitive party music. The mere line ""You keep on talking to me / just like the McLaughlin Group / you're about as interesting as Campbell's Soup" still speaks volumes to me. Check their 2CD anthology on Menlo Park, A Love Obscene. Film shot in Super 8 by Robert Arnold at 18 Sycamore (former residence of Snakefinger).

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"I'm Not Fascinating-The Movie! chronicles the pointless shenanigans of San Francisco rock 'n' roll ne'er-do-wells The Icky Boyfriends and their futile quest for rock stardom. Undaunted by the universal hatred of both their music and their look, the band perseveres, netting themselves a hefty major label contract. But stardom proves elusive as they descend into a world of murder, intrigue, nepotism, consumer research groups, excessive use of caffeine-laden soda pop and death. Who kills the Ickys? You'll wish you had! "